Canadian mobile operator Bell Mobility has introduced a mobile contacts backup and restore service powered by FusionOne. FusionOne's MightyBackup service comes pre-loaded on Bell Mobility's newest mobile phones - such as the LG Musiq and Samsung r610 - and safeguards users' mobile phone address books and restores the information if the phone is lost, stolen, damaged, or upgraded.

"We are very pleased to introduce FusionOne's comprehensive address book backup and restore services to Canada," said Nauby Jacob, director, product development, Bell Mobility. "They provide clients the peace of mind of knowing that the content of their mobile address book is protected and retrievable whenever they need it."

Bell Mobility is offering the MightyBackup service to its clients under the name of Backup Manager for a price of CDN $3.00 per month. Bell Mobility's Backup Manager provides address book protection against loss or damage to a mobile phone and easy migration of contacts when users want to upgrade their phones. In addition, with the pre-installation of Backup Manager onto the handset, more subscribers can access the service and ensure protection for their mobile phone address books.

The deployment of the backup service by Bell Mobility marks a number of "firsts" for MightyBackup, such as the first Canadian deployment of the service, the first commercial deployment of MightyBackup on the Java platform, the first deployment of MightyBackup pre-installed on a handset, the first fully integrated billing system, and the first multi-language support deployment (English and French).

"We are excited to add Bell, with its base of over six million mobile clients, to our growing list of global customers," said Rick Onyon, founder of FusionOne. "The increased value of backup services is evident in the continued growth and momentum we are experiencing as a company. Now, with the availability of MightyBackup on the Java platform, as well as the ability to pre-install the service directly onto the handset, we believe that Bell Mobility's Backup Manager will be a very popular service."